Şehitoğlu Surname

259,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Şehitoğlu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Şehitoğlu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,4471:53,7815,270
Northern Cyprus651:4,908966
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Sehitoglu (5) are calculated separately.

Şehitoğlu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Şehitoğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Şehitoğlu is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sehitoglu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Şehitoğlu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 259,764th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,816,620 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Şehitoğlu reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Şehitoğlu is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,447 people, or 1 in 53,781. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Osmaniye Province, where 12 percent are found and Erzurum Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Turkey it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sehitoglu935/
Şehidoğlu8998/
Şahitoğlu8917/
Şahutoğlu7810/
Zahitoglu6722/
Çiğitoğlu677/
Zahidoğlu677/
Sehidoglu675/
Chiitalu591/
Sahutoglu561,642/
Zahidoglu569/
Sehatghol561/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Şehitoğlu
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